Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke

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Men's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
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Paris La Défense Arena after it was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events
Venue Paris La Défense Arena
Dates27 July 2024 (heats and semifinals)
28 July 2024 (final)
Competitors36 from 28 nations
Winning time59.03
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Nicolò Martinenghi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svg Adam Peaty Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Nic Fink Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  2020
2028  

The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 27 to 28 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. [1] Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

Great Britain's Adam Peaty and China's Qin Haiyang were the favourites going into the event, with other competitors including Italian Nicolò Martinenghi, Arno Kamminga of the Netherlands and Nic Fink of the United States. All of these swimmers progressed through to the final.

In the heats, Israel's Ron Polonsky lowered his country's national record to 1:00.00. In the semifinals Germany's Melvin Imoudu and Italy's Ludovico Viberti tied for the eighth fastest time, meaning they competed in a swim-off to determine who would progress to the final. Imoudu won the swim-off and so qualified for the final.

In the final, Haiyang led at halfway, but in what SwimSwam called a "frantic frenzy to the wall" Martinenghi finished first with a time of 59.03, 0.02 seconds ahead of Peaty and Fink who tied for silver with 59.05. Peaty's silver made him the first swimmer to win three Olympic medals in the event. A day after the race he tested positive for COVID-19, and shortly after that he stepped back from swimming, saying "it’s just hurt too much this time".

Background

Great Britain's defending Olympic champion Adam Peaty had taken a break from swimming and suffered a broken foot since his win at the 2020 Olympics. Nonetheless, he won bronze at the 2024 World Championships and registered the second fastest Olympic qualifying time of 57.94 at the 2024 British National Championships. China's Qin Haiyang had the fastest qualifying time of 57.69, which won him the gold medal at the 2023 World Championships. [2]

Other competitors included Italian Nicolò Martinenghi, who won bronze at the previous Olympics and won gold at the 2022 World Championships; Arno Kamminga of the Netherlands, who won silver at the previous Olympics; and Nic Fink of the United States, who won the event at the 2022 World Short Course Championships and at the 2024 World Championships. [2] Martinenghi, Kamminga and Fink all tied for silver at the 2023 World Championships. [3]

Both SwimSwam and Swimming World predicted Haiyang would win gold and Peaty would take second. SwimSwam predicted Fink would take third, while Swimming World predicted it would be Martinenghi. [2] [4]

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them had attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). [5] For this event, the OQT was 59.49 seconds. World Aquatics then considered athletes qualifying through universality; NOCs were given one event entry for each gender, which could be used by any athlete regardless of qualification time, providing the spaces had not already been taken by athletes from that nation who had achieved the OQT. [5] [6] Finally, the rest of the spaces were filled by athletes who had met the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), which was 59.79 for this event. [5] In total, 21 athletes qualified through achieving the OQT, 15 athletes qualified through universality places and two athletes qualified through achieving the OCT. [6]

Top 10 fastest qualification times [6]
SwimmerCountryTimeCompetition
Qin Haiyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 57:69 2023 World Aquatics Championships
Adam Peaty Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 57:94 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships
Nic Fink Flag of the United States.svg  United States 58:36 2023 United States National Championships
Arno Kamminga Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 58:68 2023 World Aquatics World Cup
Nicolò Martinenghi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 58:72 2023 World Aquatics Championships
Evgenii Somov Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics Flag.svg  Individual Neutral Athletes 58:722024 Atlanta Classic
Sun Jiajun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 58:73 2024 Chinese Championships
Lucas Matzerath Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 58:74 2023 World Aquatics Championships
Sam Williamson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 58:80 2024 Australian Olympic Trials
Melvin Imoudu Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 59:072024 Eindhoven Qualification Meet

Heats

Five heats took place on 27 July 2024, starting at 11:00. [a] [7] The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advanced to the semifinals. [8] Dutchman Caspar Corbeau won the third heat to qualify with the fastest time of 59.04. Peaty qualified second with 59.18, while Martinenghi, Kamminga, Haiyang and Fink also qualified. [9] Israel's Ron Polonsky qualified for the semifinal with a new national record of 1:00.00, which beat his previous national record of 1:00.07. [10]

Results [7]
RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
136 Caspar Corbeau Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 59.04Q
244 Adam Peaty Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 59.18Q
347 Ilya Shymanovich Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics Flag.svg  Individual Neutral Athletes 59.25Q
445 Nicolò Martinenghi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 59.39Q
55 Arno Kamminga Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 59.39Q
641 James Wilby Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 59.40Q
756 Melvin Imoudu Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 59.49Q
843 Lucas Matzerath Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 59.52Q
954 Qin Haiyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 59.58Q
1034 Nic Fink Flag of the United States.svg  United States 59.66Q
1148 Bernhard Reitshammer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 59.68Q
1231 Joshua Yong Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 59.75Q
1335 Evgenii Somov Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics Flag.svg  Individual Neutral Athletes 59.83Q
1446 Charlie Swanson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 59.92Q
1532 Ludovico Blu Art Viberti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 59.93Q
1638 Ron Polonsky Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:00.00Q, NR
1753 Sun Jiajun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:00.11
1857Choi Dong-yeolFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1:00.17
1937Taku TaniguchiFlag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:00.20
2042 Andrius Šidlauskas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1:00.29
2152 Berkay Ömer Öğretir Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:00.36
2258 Jan Kałusowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:00.40
2351 Denis Petrashov Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 1:00.42
2433 Sam Williamson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:00.50
2525 Anton McKee Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:00.62
2626Jadon WuilliezFlag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 1:02.70
2722 Adrian Robinson Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 1:02.79
2823Alexandre Grand'PierreFlag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 1:02.85
2921 Tasi Limtiaco Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg  Federated States of Micronesia 1:04.14
3028 Abdulaziz Al-Obaidly Flag of Qatar (3-2).svg  Qatar 1:04.31
3114 Steven Insixiengmay Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 1:04.64
3213Matthew LawrenceFlag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 1:04.95
3327Jonathan RaharvelFlag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 1:05.20
3415 Micah Masei Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 1:05.95
3516 Chadd Ng Chiu Hing Ning Flag of Swaziland.svg  Eswatini 1:09.85
24 Miguel de Lara Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico DSQ

Semifinals

Two semifinals took place on 27 July, starting at 21:12. [11] The swimmers with the best eight times in the semifinals advanced to the final. [12] Peaty won the first semifinal to qualify for the final with the fastest time of 58.86, while Haiyang won the second semifinal to qualify with the second fastest time of 58.93. Kamminga, Fink, Corbeau, Martinenghi and Lucas Metzerath of Germany also qualified. Germany's Melvin Imoudu and Italy's Ludovico Viberti tied for the eighth fastest time as they both swam 59.38, which meant they raced in a swim-off to determine who reached the final. [13]

Results [11]
RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
114 Adam Peaty Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 58.86Q
222 Qin Haiyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 58.93Q
323 Arno Kamminga Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 59.12Q
412 Nic Fink Flag of the United States.svg  United States 59.16Q
524 Caspar Corbeau Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 59.24Q
615 Nicolò Martinenghi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 59.28Q
716 Lucas Matzerath Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 59.31Q
826 Melvin Imoudu Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 59.38QSO
28 Ludovico Blu Art Viberti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 59.38QSO
1025 Ilya Shymanovich Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics Flag.svg  Individual Neutral Athletes 59.45
1113 James Wilby Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 59.49
1217 Joshua Yong Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 59.64
1321 Evgenii Somov Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics Flag.svg  Individual Neutral Athletes 1:00.00
1411 Charlie Swanson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:00.16
1527 Bernhard Reitshammer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:00.18
1618 Ron Polonsky Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:00.37

Swim-off

The swim-off took place at 22:24 on 27 July. [14] Imoudu won with a time of 59.69 to Viberti's 59.90, so Imoudu qualified for the final. [15]

Results [14]
RankLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
14 Melvin Imoudu Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 59.69Q
25 Ludovico Blu Art Viberti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 59.90

Final

External videos
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The final took place at 21:44 on 28 July. [16] Haiyang led at the halfway (50 metre) mark, [17] followed by Peaty and then Martinenghi. [18] Over the rest of the race, Martinenghi moved up to first to win the gold with 59.03. [19] Fink, who was fifth at the 50 metre mark, [19] moved up to second and tied with Peaty for the silver medal, both clocking 59.05. [20] Imoudu finished fourth with 59.11, while Haiyang dropped to seventh by the end of the race. [19] [21] SwimSwam called the finish of the race a "frantic frenzy to the wall", since the to six swimmers finished within 0.29 seconds. [22]

Peaty's silver made him the first swimmer to win three Olympic medals in the event, [22] [23] while it was Martinenghi's second medal in the event. [24] In his post race interview, Martinenghi said winning the gold was "probably the best feeling of [his] life". [25] In Peaty's post race interview, he cried and said "I’m not crying because I’ve come second. I’m crying because it took so much to get here." [26] [27] A day after the race he tested positive for COVID-19, [28] [29] and shortly after that he stepped back from swimming, saying "it’s just hurt too much this time". [30]

The winning time of 59.03 was almost two seconds slower than the winning time at the previous Olympics, which induced discussion over whether the Paris Olympic pool was "slow". [19] [31] The time was slower than the winning time in the event at every Olympics since 2004. [24]

Results [16]
RankLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg7 Nicolò Martinenghi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 59.03
Silver medal icon.svg4 Adam Peaty Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 59.05
6 Nic Fink Flag of the United States.svg  United States 59.05
48 Melvin Imoudu Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 59.11
51 Lucas Matzerath Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 59.30
63 Arno Kamminga Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 59.32
75 Qin Haiyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 59.50
82 Caspar Corbeau Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 59.98
Statistics [32]
Name15 metre split (s)50 metre split (s)50–65 metre split (s)Time (s)Stroke rate (strokes/min)
Nicolò Martinenghi 6.2227.348.7859.0355.8
Adam Peaty 6.4027.089.0459.0555.6
Nic Fink 5.9627.458.8559.0549.4
Melvin Imoudu 6.4627.379.2759.1149.7
Lucas Matzerath 6.4827.568.9459.3055.7
Arno Kamminga 6.4327.948.8059.3246.2
Qin Haiyang 6.1427.039.2359.5053.0
Caspar Corbeau 6.1827.918.7859.9845.3

Notes

  1. All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

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